Cigar-mold



(N0 Model.) J. H. OGDEN.

. CIGAR MOLD-v No. 530,794. Patented'Dec. 11,1894.

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CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,794, dated December11, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES H. OGDEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Camden, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements inCigar-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a mold for the treatment of what is known asthe cigar bunch, that is to say, the filler confined within the hinder,the object of my invention being to mold the bunch cheaply-andexpeditiously and without drying the hinder or forming any fin or ribupon the same.

The present method of molding cigar bunches in longitudinally dividedtwo-part molds is objectionable, first, because the mold when made ofwood, as usual, rapidly absorbs the moisture from the binder of thebunch,

' and, secondly, because the joint between the two parts of the moldfrequently, if not in variably forms a longitudinal rib or fin upon theopposite sides of the binder and thus betrays to the practiced eye thefact that the cigar is machine made. In order to overcome this objectionthe cigar bunch is sometimes rolled up in a strip of paper in order toretain it in shape until the wrapper is to be applied, but this plan isalso objectionable because the paper absorbs the moisture from thebinder and because, also, considerable labor is required in rolling thecigar in the paper, and the cigar, when completed, is of irregular form.When the moisture has been extracted from the binder the wrapper doesnot properly adhere thereto and is liable to unfold if loosened at theend. In order to overcome these objections, I take the cigar bunch whichis in the condition shown in.

Figure 1, and confine said bunch in a mold which is preferably composedof metal, or other non-absorbent material, and has no longitudinalparting. Thus as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the mold consists of a taperingtubular body A and a reversely tapering cap B having'a projectingflangea at the large end.

The bunch is first inserted in the body of the mold, as shown in Fig. 2,and the cap then applied to the upper end of said body,

Application filed May 28,1894- Serial No. 612,759. (No model.)

as shown in Fig. 3, so as to completely envelop the bunch and subjectthe same to such pressure as will insure the proper shaping of the same,the flange a serving to guide the cap into its proper position so as tocause the two parts of the mold to accurately register, and said flangealso serving, by its frictional hold upon the body of the mold, toprevent separation of the cap therefrom by the pressure of the bunch orby the handling of the mold.

Owing to the non-absorbent character of the material of which the moldis composed, the bunch may be allowed to remain in the mold for anydesired length of time without any risk of drying out the binder, and asthe mold has no longitudinal parting, the forma tion of a rib or finupon the binder as by the usual longitudinally-divided mold, iseffectually prevented.

Owing to the tapering form of the body of the mold the same acts as agage to' determine whether the cigar bunch is or is not of the propersize, for if it is too small the lower end of the cigar bunch, when thesame is introduced into the mold, will project too far beyond the smallend of said mold, while if the bunch is too large it cannot beintroduced into the mold to the desired extent.

The shape of theend of the bunch may also be varied by the employment ofdifferently shaped caps for the mold. For instance, in Fig. 4 I haveshown a cap B which is shorter and of a sharper taper than the cap Bshown in Fig. 3.

I am aware that transversely divided cigar molds have before beenproposed and I therefore do not claim broadly a cigar mold composed oftwo tubular parts with transverse joint, but

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Acigar bunch mold consisting of a tapering tubular body and a reverselytapering tubular cap, both of non-absorbent material, one of said partshaving at its large end a projecting flange serving to guide the otherpart into place and to retain the same by friction thereupon,substantiallyas specified.

2. A cigar bunch mold consisting of a tapering tubular body and areverseiy tapering tubular cap, one of said parts having at its largeend aprojecting flange serving to guide 5 the other part into place andto retain the same by friction thereupon, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES II. OGDEN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. II. BANNARD, FRANK E. BECHTOLD.

